Silom Road: The financial heart of Bangkok
Silom Road is the financial center of Bangkok and is often referred to as 'Wall Street of Thailand'. It is an area that you can visit for its large green parks, delicious street food, magnificent river views and chic nightlife. However, there is also a dark side to this luxurious area, which can be seen in the famous night market and the bizarre nightlife in Soi Patpong.
Bangkok will not captivate you at first sight. In fact, 'you like it or you hate it'. And to sharpen the picture even more, Bangkok stinks, is polluted, dilapidated, noisy, cramped, chaotic and busy. Very busy even.
Red light districts in Bangkok: Nana Plaza, Soi Cowboy and Patpong, hotspots for tourists
Bangkok has a number of red light districts that are popular with curious foreign tourists. The most famous are Patpong, Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy.
“Sometimes I wonder if I was born for the accident. Is this my life now is this my destiny? I pray to Buddha that it will not be so. I don't want this life. Now I'm a country girl trying to escape the clutches of a tiger only to be swallowed by a crocodile. My whole life has been hell and the end is nowhere in sight.”
How many Thai women are active in the sex industry?
How many Thai women have ever worked in the sex industry? A question that came to mind after a friend of my wife decided to take that step at the age of 40.
Silom Road in Bangkok
Silom Road, in the heart of Bangkok, is an important street for the business world and has a rich history.
The Patpong Museum in Bangkok
The Patpong Museum recently opened in Bangkok, where the history of this famous adult entertainment district is displayed in words and images. But let's start by answering the question: where did that name Patpong come from?
Patpong in Bangkok is infamous and famous
Patpong is a hotspot in Bangkok that captures the imagination. Bangkok's infamous red light district stretches across four small streets. It is mainly a collection of bars and sex shows. You can ignore that if you want because the night market of Patpong is a good alternative.
Reverie about what it was like in Thailand
I fell in love with Bangkok during my first visit, well, rather I fell in love with Bangkok. I had already made many trips in Europe and the Middle East, but Thailand was the pinnacle, a beautiful country, with friendly people, good food and, of course, a vibrant nightlife. It became my favorite country and always has been.
Tourist hotspots in Bangkok (video)
A beautiful video in HD quality. It gives a good picture of Bangkok and its various 'tourist hotspots'.
A bad luck day in Bangkok
I don't really like Bangkok! I live in Pattaya where I feel at home and I only go to Bangkok if it is necessary or to meet certain people. But no bad word from me about “the city of angels”, because for tourists and people who live there it is a great city.
Men bellowing on Patpong
Egon Wout observes bellowing men on Patpong and concludes: even paradise will show cracks after a while.
Tighten the belt
You can get a bit addicted to the Thai market. If you look around carefully, you can intensely enjoy very small things.
News from Thailand – August 6, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Police hunt for motorists calling on the phone
• Lawyer: Yingluck comes back from vacation
• Marineman develops bulletproof life jacket
News from Thailand – August 3, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Respondents in opinion polls fear repercussions
• Fire in Phuket claims four lives
• Patpong Red Light District extinct after 2 hours
Investigators and soldiers yesterday arrested a major general and four civilians in an undercover operation suspected of extorting merchants in Patpong.
Plea for equal treatment of sex workers
Sex workers should be treated in the same way as workers in other industries. They should have access to the same public services and their safety should be ensured in the same way. This is what Chalidaporn Songsamphan, researcher at Thammasat University, says in a report on the sex industry. The report, based on media reports and government information since 1978 and interviews, was published yesterday. The report makes a plea to take anti-trafficking legislation seriously, as…